Happy New Year! Happy New Decade. Wow what an adventure the last decade has been. As I looked back at the last decade to see where it has brought me, I realised it may just be the most exciting decade of my life…ever…I may never match it…
In 2010 I was still living in the UK praying about what exactly the future holds for me. With some puzzle pieces in place I was still in a time of waiting for God to make the rest of the image clear. In 2011 the puzzle piece featuring an aeroplane and a piece in the shape of Uganda fell into place and by August that year my life changed drastically, new home, new culture, new adventure, new everything…in some ways it was exciting and in other ways it terrified me.
Since making that journey in 2011, I have been on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs, or moments my life blossomed and moments I felt like I was sinking in quick sand and may never get out. I have learnt way more than I ever could have imagined by being pushed in and out of my comfort zones and yet it is the best decision I ever made…to follow where God led my heart.
The children I have worked with have impacted my life in so many ways. I have seen children grow from age 1 to age 10 and I have seen them blossom. I have seen the Inclusive school grow from 10 children to 120 children and still growing.
Add to all that the fact that I joined an amazing dance group called Clay Dance Company and participated in dance ministry for close to 5 years (hopefully soon to be resumed for a new decade with a little life to inspire in tow), married my best friend in 2015, gave birth to our firstborn in 2017, got to travel to Cyprus twice with my family thanks to kind hearted and generous people who may never fully know just how much that meant to us as a family…
We have come a very long way and in all the changes, on that note, kids grow up way too fast, there is one thing that has remained constant…and that is God’s faithfulness and never ending love. As we enter the next decade we know it will bring new adventures, starting with baby girl joining baby class at the end of Jan, turning 3 and wait…maybe I spoke too soon when I said this may have been the most exciting decade yet, because by the end of the current decade my baby girl will be graduating from Primary School. There are not enough words or emojis in the world to explain the look on my face just thinking about that…but we won’t wish away the years…we will enjoy every step together as a family and take one day at a time doing and enjoying life together, with God at the very center of it all.
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